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He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
a joiner & carpenter.
In 1869, he married Ellen Nicholl [1844-1903] in Halifax.
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with C Company
1st/6th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 24th August 1918 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Fouquières Churchyard Extension [IV D 12]
Of Southowram.
He was
a woolwasher [1901] /
a mason's labourer [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 17th August 1916 (aged 36).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [2A, 2C & 2D],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank,
on Southowram War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram
Born in Halifax.
He was a joiner [1901, 1906].
He died in the North Bridge Tram Accident of 1906
When the company was bought by Morgan's of Lye, he and his wife moved
to Weston-super-Mare
On 24th December 1835, he married Susie Hanson at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1871]
In [Q1] 1874, he married Amelia Fox.
Children:
He was
a stone quarry man [1901] /
a stone quarry man delver [1911].
He married Eliza Jane [1871-19??].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901, 1911], was visitor Sarah A Maddison
[b 1867] (born Wolsingham, Durham; blind)
He was
an engineer [1908] /
a mechanical engineer
and (probably) established Rushworth & Company.
On 28th March 1900, he married Eleanor Helliwell at West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Children:
Born in Lightcliffe.
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [31st March 1872].
He was
a stone delver [1911] /
landlord of the Jubilee Hotel, New Street [1927].
On 25th September 1905, he married Emma Collingwood [1877-19??] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.
They had no children.
They lived at 2 Providence Building's, Southowram [1911]
Charley died at the Jubilee Hotel [13th June 1927].
Probate records show that he left effects valued
at £175 6/6d to Emma
Born in Halifax.
He was employed by Hartley & Sugden Limited.
In [Q1] 1935, he married May Elliott in Halifax.
Children:
They lived in Halifax
During World War II,
he served as a Craftman
with the XIII Corps Troops Workshops
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.
He died 16th November 1943 (aged 36).
He was buried at the Cassino War Cemetery [VIII K 18].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He lived at 16 Westfield Place, Halifax.
During the South African Wars,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
Scottish Rifles.
He died of enteric fever at Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa [5th January 1901].
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial,
and on West View Park War Memorial
Born in Ovenden.
He was
a carpet weaver of Ovenden [1872] /
a carpet weaver [1881] /
a velvet carpet weaver [1891] /
a carpet weaver [1901].
In 1872, he married Hannah Kershaw at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 was grandson Harry Rushworth [b 1901]
He retired in 1925.
On 12th June 1902, he married Gertrude Richardson.
Children:
He was a partner in Greenwood & Rushworth.
In [Q4] 1872, he married (1) Isabel Kay in Halifax.
She was buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd
Children:
In 1898, he married (2) Adelaide Nicholl in Ormskirk,
Lancashire.
The family lived at
On 3rd April 1940, he married Gladys Leach [1919-1994].
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was Manager at the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society
[1871].
He married Mary [1817-1???] from Wadsworth.
Children:
The family lived at Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] were son John and family.
See
Thomas Gill
He married Ann [1824-1878].
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
with John Rushworth's wife & son
Question:
Does anyone know the relationship between George and John Rushworth?
He lived at 16 Westfield Place, Halifax [1905]
He worked for Crabtree & Farrar, Todmorden.
He lived at Jobling Street, Portsmouth, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Devonshire Regiment.
He was killed in action on the first day of the Somme [1st July 1916].
He was buried at the Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz [B 6].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial,
and on Cornholme War Memorial
Born 9th July 1836.
Baptised at Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Halifax [7th
August 1836].
He was an errand boy [1851].
On the 17th June 1859, Isaiah sailed from Liverpool, aboard
the Everet, and arrived at New York on the 24th June 1859.
He is remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery.
The epitaph records that Isaiah died
Question:
Does anyone know whether he was connected to J. Rushworth & Sons?
He was
Vicar of Harley Wood [1957]
and
Vicar of Holy Trinity Church [1958-1970s].
He never married.
He lived at 21 Balmoral Place, Halifax.
He died from a heart attack [1970s].
See
Memories of Holy Trinity Schools
He lived at 1 Seed Hill Grove, Mill Lane, Mixenden [1905]
He lived at 1 Seed Hill Grove, Mill Lane, Mixenden [1905]
On 26th March 1826, he married Sarah Mitchell [1801-1875] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The children's births were registered at the Ebenezer Primitive
Methodist Chapel, Cabbage Lane, Halifax.
The family lived at
John died in 1852.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £600.
Sarah was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
with George Rushworth and his wife.
Son Isaiah is remembered on the headstone.
Question:
Does anyone know the relationship between John and George Rushworth?
He was
a railway guard [1861, 1871, 1881] /
an orphan manager at Calvert Orphans' Home [1891].
On 27th November 1853, he married Jane Atkinson [1836-1916]
at the church of St Giles & St Mary, Pontefract.
She was matron at Calvert Orphans' Home [1891]
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax:
George [4th December 1883];
John [23rd October 1895];
Jane [12th December 1916]
He was a master pattern maker employing 1 man & 2 boys [1871].
He married Annie [1837-1???] from Womersley, Yorkshire.
Children:
In 1871, they were living at Hollins Terrace, Sowerby Bridge
with John's parents
In [Q4] 1938, he married (1) Kathleen Cookson [1913-1997].
The couple divorced in 1949.
In [Q1] 1950, he married (2) Betty Weir Cairns in Calder District.
Children:
Born in Hipperholme.
He was
a brazier of Hipperholme [1866] /
a coppersmith [1871] /
a coppersmith (foreman) [1881] /
a coppersmith [1891, 1901, 1911]
In 1866, he married (1) Sarah Ann Ellis [1845-1909] at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
Sarah Ann died in 1909.
In [Q3] 1910, John married (2) Emily Brown [1855-19??]
in Halifax.
The family lived at
Living with them in 1911 was boarder Charles Dean Bullough
[aged 19] (shop assistant)
Heywood records
Came home, went to bed, found herself cold, asked husband to come to
bed, put herself into his bosom, instantly breathed her last
He lived at 1 Seed Hill Grove, Mill Lane, Mixenden [1905]
He was
a member of school & choir at Union Croft Chapel, Ambler Thorn /
a worsted doffer [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [3rd September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [6A & 6B],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
One of the gang who attacked Thomas Cockcroft and Robert Crossley in 1839.
Rushworth had grabbed the horse which was pulling the trap.
At the trial on 5th March 1840, he was transported to Van Diemen's
Land for 15 years.
He was one of 259 convicts who left England on the Duncan
[10th December 1840]
He was
a stone mason [1841] /
a mason [1851] /
a beerseller at the Who could a' thowt it, Southowram [1871].
He married Jane [1812-1889].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] were visitors John Smides [aged 29]
(mason) and William Moore [aged 35] (stone cutter).
John died 21st December 1878.
After Joseph's death, Jane took over at the Who
could a' thowt it [1881].
She died 14th November 1889.
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[b 10]
He was
(possibly) innkeeper at the Shoulder of Mutton, Southowram [1900] /
a cabinet maker [1901] /
innkeeper at the Shoulder of Mutton, Southowram [1911].
In [Q4] 1894, he married Bertha Thorpe [1869-19??] in Wakefield.
They had no children.
They lived at 21 Thomas Street, Brighouse [1901]
He was
an assistant drawing overlooker (worsted) [1901] /
a worsted spinning overlooker [1911] /
an overlooker of St Peter's Street, Northowram [1912] /
an overlooker with Thomas Hoyle & Sons Limited at Ellen Royd Mills.
In 1911, he was living with his sister Sarah Ann and her
husband Lewis Wroot.
In [Q2] 1912, he married Martha Hannah Buckley [1890-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
During World War I,
he enlisted [1st January 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He was seriously wounded in the right leg when a shell burst whilst
he was on duty in a communication trench.
He died of wounds [22nd May 1916] (aged 28).
He was buried at the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension [1 A 29].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
a woollen washer [1901] /
a carpet weaver [1911].
In [Q3] 1896, he married Caroline (Carrie) Bott [1878-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 3 Haydn Street, Halifax [1901, 1911]
In [Q1] 1867, he married Judith [1849-1904] in Halifax.
Children:
On 18th December 1886, Judith married Joseph Aspinall
He married Unknown.
The family lived at Castle Hill, Rastrick [1820].
In 1820, he was digging in his garden at Castle Hill, Rastrick when he discovered a ceramic urn containing bones.
This may have been associated with the earthworks Castle Hill, Rastrick
Born in Marsden.
He was
a delver [1869] /
a stone delver [1871, 1881] /
a stone delver and beerhouse keeper at Clough Head, Southowram – possibly the Who could a' thowt it, Southowram [1891] /
an engine tenter stone quarry [1901] /
a quarry engine tenter [1911].
In [Q3] 1869, he married Rachel Sharp [1850-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Thomas died in 1891 (aged 75).
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891
In 1891, Rachel was publican at the Who could a' thowt it, Southowram.
Living with them [in 1891] was nephew Mark Rushworth [b 1865]
(stone delver).
Thomas had been dead for 3 years, and couldn't be the father.
George was an apprentice beltmaker [1911]
In 1898, Rachel married James Emmett
He was a joiner.
He married Emma Naylor [1842-1???].
Children:
In 1901, Thomas, Emma & Charles were living with
daughter Rachel & her family in Birds Royd Lane, Brighouse
Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of St Edward's Mission Church, Boothtown /
a dyer's labourer [1911] /
employed at Brookfoot Dyeworks /
a boiler maker with Fleming's of Boothtown.
In 1911, he was living at 3 West View, Boothtown with:
In 1916, he married Mary Alice Southwell in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [27th March 1916], and
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to the Front [9th January 1917].
He was killed in action by shellfire in Seneschal farm sector, River
Lys [7th May 1917] (aged 41).
He was buried at the Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mien [II A 17]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was a designer of woven fabrics [1881].
He married Sarah Ann [1842-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Sowerby Green [1881]
In [Q4] 1916, he married Edith Ann Binns in Halifax.
They lived at 3 Coronation Terrace, Bailiff Bridge
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th/13th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 30th October 1917 (aged 23).
He was buried at the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood [XXIII C 1]
Son of Mr Rushworth.
Around 1782/3, he married Grace, daughter of
Jeremiah Holroyde.
Children:
Grace was buried at Coley Church
[7th July 1790].
After his wife's death and the collapse of his
business, William emigrated to Canada with his daughter
He was
a tea dealer [1841] /
a grocer [1851]
He married Sarah (Sally) Horsfall [1795-18??] from Sowerby.
Children:
He married Sarah.
Children:
The children were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
with Elizabeth Womersley [1794-1875]
He lived at 5 Orion Place, Sowerby Bridge [1905]
He married Sarah Womersley.
Children:
The family lived at 9 Mount Street, Halifax [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] were mother-in-law Elizabeth Womersley and 3 lodgers
He married Mary [1833-19??] from Mixenden.
They lived at Slead Hall, Brighouse [1901]
Born in Brighouse.
He was
a butcher [1871, 1876] /
butcher and landlord of the Bowling Green, Halifax [1891].
In 1876, he married (1) Martha Hannah, daughter of Godfrey Taylor, at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
In 1890, he married (2) Emily Charlotte Turner, widow of William Hunt.
The family lived at 7 Woolshops, Halifax [with Martha Hannah's
parents 1881].
Living with them [in 1891] were stepdaughter Jane Hunt and
visitor Ann Howarth [aged 58] (widow).
In 1893, after William Henry's death, Emily Charlotte married Frank Robinson in Bradford
Ellen was born in Southowram
Amelia was the daughter of William Fox
Eliza Jane was born in Wolsingham, Durham
Emma was born in Southowram
Hannah, of Northowram, was the daughter of Amos Kershaw
to teach all 7 standards on one day of each week and 5 standards on
the other days, in addition to supervising the Infant class
Gertrude was born in halifax [17th February 1880] and died 3rd
September 1947
Isabel was born in Burton-in-Lonsdale [13th April 1840], and
died 20th March 1897 (aged 57).
Adelaide was born in Sowerby [1868] and died in Leeds [1945]
(aged 78)
He died at Lytham-St-Anne's [September 1911]
Gladys died in Harrogate [11th October 1994]
after two and half years' service in the Federal Army America
Jane was born in Methley.
Kathleen married Francis W. Foster
Betty was born in Barnoldswick [12th July 1921] and died 5th
January 2005
Sarah Ann, of Northowram, was born in Ovenden, the daughter
of Joseph Ellis, a delver
Jonas Rushworth's wife, of Denholm Gate, was at Halifax on
Saturday 25th January 1678.
Jane came from York
Bertha was born in Woolley
Martha Hannah, of 51 Battinson Road, Halifax, was the daughter
of Sam Buckley, wire drawer
Caroline was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire
Rachel was born in Lightcliffe, the daughter of gardener
George Sharp of Hipperholme
In July 1894, a child – George Rushworth – was born.
In 1907, he was baptised at Halifax Parish Church.
His parents were recorded as Thomas Rushworth (deceased),
quarryman of Marsh Delves, and Rachel.
Emma was born in Elland
Sarah Ann was born in Sowerby
Sarah was the daughter of Mr Womersley
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
The name is recorded in 1275
There are over 50 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Rushworth,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Rushworth:
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